My Brother Hurt His Back

@slund2041 (3314)
United States
February 24, 2016 7:47am CST
As many of you know I have been doing yard work, and my sister helped me one day and then my brother started helping me. The past few days have been long hard days. Monday my brother was having a hard time getting the gas pressure washer to crank up. He pulled and pulled on the rope, and it would not run. He checked to see if the firing was the problem, and that was not the problem. He spent hours messing with it trying to get it cranked up. He was still out there pulling the rope to crank it, and it snap back hard and hurt his back. You could hear his back when it snapped. It did not break his back but hurt it somehow. Now, he is in a lot of pain, and hurting badly. He left it in the yard, not able to put it away due to his back. I pulled it up on the front porch, so the rain would not harm it. He will put it away later. He is going to try to borrow a pressure washer from a friend to finish up for me. I feel sorry he hurt his back trying to help me. He is such a sweet brother, and I love him very much. Edited to add: I am not sure why the picture is showing up sideways here.
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@JudyEv (342670)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Feb 16
I'm sorry your brother has hurt his back. I hope it gets better quickly. He might need to ease off on the yard work for a while.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
28 Feb 16
It is bad that he hurt his back, because he has a lot of physical work on his regular job.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
29 Feb 16
@JudyEv It is bad, because he is only 32 years old, and has hurt his back several times over the years.
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@JudyEv (342670)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Feb 16
@slund2041 That is too bad. A lot of people seem to end up with bad backs.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
5 Mar 16
I hope his back is all better now. You do have a wonderful and kind brother.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
7 Mar 16
His back is somewhat better, but still bothering him.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
8 Mar 16
@DianneN Yes, it will.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
8 Mar 16
@slund2041 It will take time to heal, poor thing.
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• Philippines
25 Feb 16
Indeed you have a sweet brother helping you in the yard. I hope he rest his back and though i have experience back pain but probably never snapped like his experience. I wish him well and hope your yard gets done. have anice day
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
28 Feb 16
He hurt it bad, and what is bad about it is his job requires a lot of physical labor. He cannot lay out of work, and I know he is not well enough to do what is required of him.
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Feb 16
Ouch! That sounds very painful. I have hurt my back so many times over the years and I know how he feels. Has he been to a doctor yet?
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
28 Feb 16
I have hurt my back several times as well, and once you hurt it you never totally get over it.
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Feb 16
I hope he recovers quickly
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
24 Feb 16
Thank You! He hurt it on Monday, so he is doing some better now. I think he will always feel it though. He already had a hurt back for several years now, this just added to the original problem.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 I have back problem too, so I too understand how much pain he is in.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Feb 16
@slund2041 I have back problems as well, I feel his pain.
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• United States
24 Feb 16
It's a shame that your brother hurt his back. Hopefully he will heal soon.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
28 Feb 16
One can never be too careful with their back. I do feel bad for him.
@Shavkat (140158)
• Philippines
24 Feb 16
That's really why I love my family. Each members showed their love in many ways. You are lucky to have a brother like him.
@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
24 Feb 16
It must be really painful because mine is also aching.Anyways,he is such a good brother to you.